Sri Lanka To Expand Controversial Mass Drug Crackdown barrons.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from barrons.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk has slammed the Sri Lankan government’s ongoing anti-drug operation, “Operation Yukthiya”, and urged the government to comply with a human-rights based approach. In a statement Türk notes that “a staggering 29,000 people have reportedly been arrested on drug related matters since 17 December”. Those detained have allegedly
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Sri Lankan troops with the army and police conducted a raid at the Jaffna Central Bus Station, as part of the much criticised “Operation Yukthiya” (meaning “justice” in Sinhala). The raid caused inconveniences to hundreds of daily commuters as passengers in buses were extensively checked, impacting the normal flow of public transportation.